An annotated bibliography of 105 publications (1961-1982) on the retention of black college students is presented. Topics include: retention programs for low income and minority undergraduates; the interrelatedness of curriculum and cultural/economic reproduction; predicting academic performance in college; dropout prevention and reasons precipitating withdrawal; student attitudes toward services and instruction; attracting and retaining blacks in the field of engineering; desegregating America's colleges; black students attending white colleges; legislative remedies for increasing the educational access and retention of minorities; action plans for recruiting and retaining minority students; affirmative action projects for California community colleges and state universities; a summer enrichment program for minority/disadvantaged undergraduates; black student alienation; causes and consequences of dropping out, stopping out, and transferring; minority admissions after the Bakke decision; nonintellectual correlates of black student attrition; followup of young adults 4.5 years after high school graduation; intrusive college counseling; and new programs and services for nontraditional college students. (SW)

Note: This paper was identified by a joint project of the Institute on Desegregation at North Carolina Central University and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education at The George Washington University.